In September 2020, Noteworthy published two award winning articles by journalist Peter McGuire on how victims of sexual violence are still fighting roadblocks to justice entitled Speak or Survive. Thanks to Peter, we were fortunate to speak to some of the contributors. These interviews were released previously to our patreon supporters. But we thought we’d share them with the wider […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Lucy Michael, who is an independent researcher in the area of equality and integration, a spokesperson for Fingal Communities Against Racism, author (with Bryan Fanning) of Immigrants as Outsiders in the Two Irelands (MUP, 2019), and a Commission Member on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. We talk about how Fingal Communities Against […]
Martin still isn’t great. But he wasn’t going to miss chatting with one of our favourite people, Professor Emeritus of Economics, P.J Drudy. P.J was lecturing in economics in Cambridge in the 70’s and Trinity College Dublin later. He talks to us about the need for a move away from the failed Thatcherite economics and how the growth of an […]
We have a side-series to Policed exclusively for our patreon members. But we aew putting this episode out now in the hope that some of you might consider supporting this work in 2021. In this episode Dr Vicky Conway speaks to Dr Yvonne Daly about the Kerry Babies case. We discuss what happened, what concerns there were about the Garda […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Niall Sargent, Investigative Reporter with Noteworthy.ie and to Brid McKeown of the Migrants Rights Centre of Ireland, about the conditions of migrant workers in the horticultural sector. Niall outlines the key findings from Noteworthy’s recent crowdfunded investigation which included low pay, poor conditions, the fear of speaking out and the general lck of labour rights […]
In this, the last live Sunday Special of 2020, Dr Vicky Conway of Policed took the lead and asked Linda Hayden of PAC Woman, Dr Caroline West of Glow West and Tony (Martin is milking his illness) for their thoughts on 2020. And because we are a bit different we asked some different questions. Mess of the year was a […]
This Reboot Republic is particularly special and insightful – Rory chats to his sister Kate Marie, who is a primary school teacher in Tramore, Waterford and mom of a 1 year old and 3 year old. Kate talks about the challenges and joys of being a mother of young kids, they also talk about the impact of Direct Provision and […]
Martin is still unwell, so I was on my own for this podcast. But don’t let that put you off! I was delighted to be joined by the Immigrant Council of Ireland’s CEO, Brian Kiloran. We talk about Ireland’s performance in tackling human trafficking, the upcoming White Paper into Direct Provision and the soundings coming from Government about it. We […]